Current Events > A doctor performed an abortion on the wrong woman

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https://www.cnn.com/2019/09/24/asia/korea-wrong-abortion-intl-hnk-scli/index.html

Police have launched an investigation in South Korea after a doctor performed an abortion by mistake.

On August 7, a pregnant patient with a 6-week-old fetus had gone to a clinic in district of Gangseo, in the country's capital Seoul, according to the Gangseo police. At the clinic, a mix-up in medical charts and failure to check her identity led to the mistaken abortion.

The doctor and nurse in charge are under investigation, and the case will soon be sent to the prosecutor's office, police told CNN.
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Wow.

That is a mistake you can never mend.

Wtf doctors are supposed to ask you full name dob and last four of social and ask you what you are in for each time to verify your identity

A tragedy tbh.

That sucks, but this sounds like a major failure of verification. I'm not sure what the standards are in Korea, but in the US you have to verify by the charts and asking the patient multiple questions, if possible, about their identity and the procedure.

i mean in america they don't really perform abortions in the same place that they perform births
at least i don't think that's a thing
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